5) Write 800 words or more on something that interests you. It could be related to statistics, to a league issue you take seriously, or a niche part of history that doesn’t fit neatly into either of the above categories. This must be directly related to the league, so don’t wax 800 words about your team’s Werewolf server. Be warned that freedom comes with risk, and this category will be judged especially stringently for anyone trying to spew complete nonsense.
Being an NSFL, I mean, ISFL user for so long means that I have played for quite a few teams and met a lot of new people. For this point task, I wanted to take a look at some of the most memorable things from each team I've ever played on (this is gonna be pretty long so buckle up).
Brice Boggs
S2 - Yellowknife Wraiths
My first rodeo in the league was with the Yellowknife Wraiths back in season 2. My player was Brice Boggs, and I was selected off waivers to play for the team. This was maybe my most fun year in the league, back then the forum locker rooms were awesome and I enjoyed the great camaraderie and roleplaying with users such as @Ballerstorm, @White Cornerback, @Bzerkap, @tlk742, @kckolbe to name a few. The experiences I had in this team kept me around this league for a long while, I enjoyed refreshing the forums every hour to see who posted in the locker room. Our team went 8-6 and lost a tough game 16-14 to the Hawks in the playoffs, which was unfortunate. However, it was a successful year, and I was confident I was going to return to the Wraiths. Or so I thought.
S3-S5 - Colorado Yeti
After being selected third overall to the Yellowknife Wraiths, I was soon after traded to the Colorado Yeti, where I became the GM. Now, these times were rough. The Logan Noble scandal just happened and we were left scrambling without a quarterback and a new GM set. We promptly traded off some of our better pieces in hopes of acquiring more draft picks and building towards the future, including Philippe Carter, Wyatt Fulton, among others. However, we still needed a quarterback. We acquired @ralz9 in a trade with the Wraiths, and the rookie was set to become the Yeti franchise quarterback. However, along the way, Pierno's TPE earnings never really matched the hype and his quarterback career was arguably the worst in ISFL history, despite his awesome locker room presence. Despite all these losses, great locker room members, like @PigSnout, and @TheMemeMaestro made all the losing a little more bearable. Soon after, partly due to stress and increasing scrutiny for making a few dumb mistakes, I stepped down to focus on myself for a while and went inactive. I retired Boggs at S5 and birthed my next player.
Ryan Applehort
S6 - San Antonio Marshals
To be honest, lots of what happened during this season is hazy in my mind. I split time at quarterback with Mike Vick himself. However, my Marshals went 7-6-1 and won an Ultimus during this time period. @majesiu, aka Vladimir Fyodorovich, my teammate and future legend was one of my favorites during this stint.
S7-S10 Colorado Yeti
Now, with Nicholas Pierno not being the Yeti franchise quarterback, the Yeti were looking for a guy in the S7 draft, which just so happened to be my new quarterback, Ryan Applehort. Who else but the former GM himself? However, being a rookie quarterback with 300 TPE was not very forgiving as we went 0-14 for the second straight season, part of a 5 month dry spell where the Yeti did not win a single game. However, next year, the Yeti future was looking up, as we finished 6-8. There are no words that can encapsulate the feeling teammates @dropbear, @sapp2013, @infinitempg, @ExemplaryChad and I felt when we beat the Outlaws 13-10. Oh yeah, and later that season we beat the 10-4 Otters on the road too. That was pretty dope. Around this time, @speculadora brought me on the Portland Pythons as his co-GM, and then just a season later he left for the Otters and I became new GM. The following two years were disappointing for the Yeti; despite a slew of big moves the team made to contend, the Yeti fell short every time. After the conclusion of the S10 season, I just felt like I needed a change of scenery after playing my last six seasons with the Yeti, and that the team was in a bad spot with few future assets.
S11 Baltimore Hawks
After I became a free agent, @iamslm22 hit me up immediately. I expected to go to the Hawks early on, and we had some great talks with each other about the vision for the team. I was totally sold and signed a long-term contract to be the franchise quarterback. The results on the field were below expectations, as an offense with future hall of famers like @nunccoepi, @manicmav36, and @ItsJustBarry finished just 9-5 and lost to the Second Line in the Ultimus. At the same time, my Portland Pythons were setting records as we cruised to a 15-1 season on a packed team that included the likes of @PDXBaller, @ADwyer87, @LGMForever, and others.
S12-S15 Yellowknife Wraiths
After this season, I felt confident in my general manager abilities and decided to apply for the Wraiths GM job, which I got from Bzerkap who frankly needed a break from the league. The team I took over struggled a lot, but through the draft, we built a future (should-be) dynasty. Some of my greatest picks included Johnny Snuggles, Nate Swift @Bigred1580, Cooter Bigsby @timeconsumer, and Nero Alexander @shadyshoelace. These guys were the core of the Wraiths for years to come, and it is possible that at least two of them will be Hall of Famers. However, the Cooter Bigsby selection meant that Ryan Applehort was on his way out, passing the torch in S15.
Jaylen Storm
S16-S17 Yellowknife Wraiths
As general manager of the Wraiths I was forced to pick myself in the second round. However, this career in Yellowknife was short. Soon after the pick, I handed off the keys to the team to Bigred and Shadyshoelace. One of the last moves I made as a general manager was signing Danny Grithead @Trautner, one of the best to play the game, although I did not have that much to do in that process. Following S17, my contract expired, and I was looking at all my options. Obviously remaining in Yellowknife was a great possibility, however, the Wraiths understandably did not have the cap room to pay the contract I desired and made other moves in FA to improve the team.
S18-S21 Orange County Otters
I signed with the Otters because they've been the most well-run team in the league for the past twenty years. Now, after I signed with this team I went inactive, partly because of school stuff and also partly because I lost some interest in the league. However, I do remember the Otters winning two championships with my inactive, marking the only two ISFL championships I have to date in my 20 season ISFL experience.
S22 Honolulu Hahalua
The Hahalua selected Storm early on in the expansion draft, where Storm played for one season before retiring. Dwyer reached out to me, I talked with some cool dudes in the locker room, and I got interested in the league again. This team has a bright future without Storm. Somebody said Dwyer did such a good job to get me active again that I recreated, which is partially true.
Now, we bring ourselves to the end of the journey so far. With two seasons in Jackson Kingston's career already, still lots remains left to come. Kingston wants to make his mark in the record books and the Hall of Fame, we'll see if that happens. It's been quite the adventure so far and I look forward to seeing what else this league holds in store for me.
Being an NSFL, I mean, ISFL user for so long means that I have played for quite a few teams and met a lot of new people. For this point task, I wanted to take a look at some of the most memorable things from each team I've ever played on (this is gonna be pretty long so buckle up).
Brice Boggs
S2 - Yellowknife Wraiths
My first rodeo in the league was with the Yellowknife Wraiths back in season 2. My player was Brice Boggs, and I was selected off waivers to play for the team. This was maybe my most fun year in the league, back then the forum locker rooms were awesome and I enjoyed the great camaraderie and roleplaying with users such as @Ballerstorm, @White Cornerback, @Bzerkap, @tlk742, @kckolbe to name a few. The experiences I had in this team kept me around this league for a long while, I enjoyed refreshing the forums every hour to see who posted in the locker room. Our team went 8-6 and lost a tough game 16-14 to the Hawks in the playoffs, which was unfortunate. However, it was a successful year, and I was confident I was going to return to the Wraiths. Or so I thought.
S3-S5 - Colorado Yeti
After being selected third overall to the Yellowknife Wraiths, I was soon after traded to the Colorado Yeti, where I became the GM. Now, these times were rough. The Logan Noble scandal just happened and we were left scrambling without a quarterback and a new GM set. We promptly traded off some of our better pieces in hopes of acquiring more draft picks and building towards the future, including Philippe Carter, Wyatt Fulton, among others. However, we still needed a quarterback. We acquired @ralz9 in a trade with the Wraiths, and the rookie was set to become the Yeti franchise quarterback. However, along the way, Pierno's TPE earnings never really matched the hype and his quarterback career was arguably the worst in ISFL history, despite his awesome locker room presence. Despite all these losses, great locker room members, like @PigSnout, and @TheMemeMaestro made all the losing a little more bearable. Soon after, partly due to stress and increasing scrutiny for making a few dumb mistakes, I stepped down to focus on myself for a while and went inactive. I retired Boggs at S5 and birthed my next player.
Ryan Applehort
S6 - San Antonio Marshals
To be honest, lots of what happened during this season is hazy in my mind. I split time at quarterback with Mike Vick himself. However, my Marshals went 7-6-1 and won an Ultimus during this time period. @majesiu, aka Vladimir Fyodorovich, my teammate and future legend was one of my favorites during this stint.
S7-S10 Colorado Yeti
Now, with Nicholas Pierno not being the Yeti franchise quarterback, the Yeti were looking for a guy in the S7 draft, which just so happened to be my new quarterback, Ryan Applehort. Who else but the former GM himself? However, being a rookie quarterback with 300 TPE was not very forgiving as we went 0-14 for the second straight season, part of a 5 month dry spell where the Yeti did not win a single game. However, next year, the Yeti future was looking up, as we finished 6-8. There are no words that can encapsulate the feeling teammates @dropbear, @sapp2013, @infinitempg, @ExemplaryChad and I felt when we beat the Outlaws 13-10. Oh yeah, and later that season we beat the 10-4 Otters on the road too. That was pretty dope. Around this time, @speculadora brought me on the Portland Pythons as his co-GM, and then just a season later he left for the Otters and I became new GM. The following two years were disappointing for the Yeti; despite a slew of big moves the team made to contend, the Yeti fell short every time. After the conclusion of the S10 season, I just felt like I needed a change of scenery after playing my last six seasons with the Yeti, and that the team was in a bad spot with few future assets.
S11 Baltimore Hawks
After I became a free agent, @iamslm22 hit me up immediately. I expected to go to the Hawks early on, and we had some great talks with each other about the vision for the team. I was totally sold and signed a long-term contract to be the franchise quarterback. The results on the field were below expectations, as an offense with future hall of famers like @nunccoepi, @manicmav36, and @ItsJustBarry finished just 9-5 and lost to the Second Line in the Ultimus. At the same time, my Portland Pythons were setting records as we cruised to a 15-1 season on a packed team that included the likes of @PDXBaller, @ADwyer87, @LGMForever, and others.
S12-S15 Yellowknife Wraiths
After this season, I felt confident in my general manager abilities and decided to apply for the Wraiths GM job, which I got from Bzerkap who frankly needed a break from the league. The team I took over struggled a lot, but through the draft, we built a future (should-be) dynasty. Some of my greatest picks included Johnny Snuggles, Nate Swift @Bigred1580, Cooter Bigsby @timeconsumer, and Nero Alexander @shadyshoelace. These guys were the core of the Wraiths for years to come, and it is possible that at least two of them will be Hall of Famers. However, the Cooter Bigsby selection meant that Ryan Applehort was on his way out, passing the torch in S15.
Jaylen Storm
S16-S17 Yellowknife Wraiths
As general manager of the Wraiths I was forced to pick myself in the second round. However, this career in Yellowknife was short. Soon after the pick, I handed off the keys to the team to Bigred and Shadyshoelace. One of the last moves I made as a general manager was signing Danny Grithead @Trautner, one of the best to play the game, although I did not have that much to do in that process. Following S17, my contract expired, and I was looking at all my options. Obviously remaining in Yellowknife was a great possibility, however, the Wraiths understandably did not have the cap room to pay the contract I desired and made other moves in FA to improve the team.
S18-S21 Orange County Otters
I signed with the Otters because they've been the most well-run team in the league for the past twenty years. Now, after I signed with this team I went inactive, partly because of school stuff and also partly because I lost some interest in the league. However, I do remember the Otters winning two championships with my inactive, marking the only two ISFL championships I have to date in my 20 season ISFL experience.
S22 Honolulu Hahalua
The Hahalua selected Storm early on in the expansion draft, where Storm played for one season before retiring. Dwyer reached out to me, I talked with some cool dudes in the locker room, and I got interested in the league again. This team has a bright future without Storm. Somebody said Dwyer did such a good job to get me active again that I recreated, which is partially true.
Now, we bring ourselves to the end of the journey so far. With two seasons in Jackson Kingston's career already, still lots remains left to come. Kingston wants to make his mark in the record books and the Hall of Fame, we'll see if that happens. It's been quite the adventure so far and I look forward to seeing what else this league holds in store for me.